Brainstorm characteristics of effective teachers and schools.
Instructional Activities
1. Warmup Question: How many good teachers did you have in high school?
2. Medium-sized Group Activities:
Group 1:
Select a moderator, a recorder, and a note taker.
Brainstorm: What dispositions, characteristics, knowledge and skills make a teacher good?
Narrow your brainstorm to create a "Top 10 List - Characteristics of Good Teachers"
Report your results to the class.
After you leave, have one person in your group post your list here .
Group 2:
Select a moderator, a recorder, and a note taker.
Brainstorm: What characteristics make a school good?
Narrow your brainstorm to create a "Top 10 List - Characteristics of Good Schools"
Report your results to the class.
After you leave, have one person in your group post your list here .
Group 3:
Select a moderator, a recorder, and a note taker.
Brainstorm: What characteristics make a school bad?
Narrow your brainstorm to create a "Top 10 List - Characteristics of Bad Schools"
Report your results to the class.
After you leave, have one person in your group post your list here .
3. Report out our "Top 10" lists.
4. Overview of Context Report
5. To think about for Wednesday: Based on our lists and our reading, what are some questions we can investigate in order to describe a school?
Agenda: Class 3: Who is Teaching in Our Schools?
Due: Chapter 1 Reading QuizResources:
Objectives/Learning Goals
Instructional Activities
1. Warmup Question:How many good teachers did you have in high school?
2. Medium-sized Group Activities:
3. Report out our "Top 10" lists.
4. Overview of Context Report
5. To think about for Wednesday:
Based on our lists and our reading, what are some questions we can investigate in order to describe a school?